The album debuted on Billboard magazine's Christmas Albums sales chart in the issue dated December 6, 1969, and spent one of its four weeks there at number one.[5] It also appeared on the magazine’s seasonal LP chart each year from 1970 to 1973 as well as in 1987 and 1988.[5] On December 26, 1979, it received its first award from the Recording Industry Association of America when it reached the US sales mark of 500,000 copies necessary for Gold status.[6]

On September 1, 2001, the album was released on compact disc for the first time,[8] and two months later, on November 5, it was awarded Platinum certification by the RIAA for sales of one million copies in the US.[9] The tracks from this album were also reissued as part of the 2015 Mathis compilation The Complete Christmas Collection 1958–2010, a 3-CD set on the Real Gone Music label.